Daily Archives: April 5, 2013

April 5, 2013PoliticsComments Off on Navy Admiral Nikos Pappas, leader of Velos-mutiny against junta, passed away

Nikos Pappas, the Navy commander of the Velos mutiny against the junta, passed away at the age of 83. He became famous when he withdrew destroyer Velos from a NATO exercise in May 1973 and led the ship to a port in Italy. There he and 31 other officers sought …

April 5, 2013UncategorizedComments Off on Patras: Traffic police fines …horse

A horse without rider galloping through the streets of a city? Impossible! A concerned citizen who saw the horse wandering around in the streets of Patras, Western Peloponnese, alarmed the police. A traffic policeman was sent to the spot to deal with the case. Unable to find any other solution …

April 5, 2013EconomyComments Off on Death threats against Cyprus President, Central Bank Governor & their families

A letter containing serious threats against the president of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, and the governor of Central Bank, Panicos Dimitriades, was mailed to local daily Politis. The letter, dated March 20th 2013, launches threats against their lives but also against members of their families, grandchildren included. In focus is the …

A footage from inside the Trikala prison shows each detail of a prison break staged by a notorious Greek criminal and his Albanian partner. With the help of a helicopter and a rope ladder the two inmates were supposed to escape. But many things went wrong. The helicopter appears while …